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owe much, and the South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society still more. 



First and foremost of these is Mr. K. Adkin, F.E.S., to whom the 

 Society undoubtedly owes more than to any other individual member. 

 Three times its President (1886, 1887, 1897), and for several years its 

 Treasurer, he stands facile princepn of all those who have worked for 

 the advancement of the Society, and as a keen lepidopterist will be 

 known to all our readers. Second only to Mr. Adkin, in his solicitude 

 for the Society's welfare, is Mr. E. South, F.E.S., twice President 

 (1885 and 1886), the editor of The Entomolofiist, and responsible for 

 much — very much — of the systematic work that has been done on the 

 lepidoptera of Japan. Next come Mr. S. Edwards, F.Z.S., F.L.S., 

 F.R.G.S., F.E.S., &c., and Mr. H. J. Turner, F.E.S., the twin 

 Secretaries for many years past. No work that these two men can do 

 for the Society is too great, and the generosity of Mr. Edwards is 

 phenomenal. Besides the presentation of an excellent lantern to 

 illustrate the lectures given and papers read, almost every really 

 valuable work on natural history that is too expensive for the Society 

 to purchase, finds its way to the Society's bookshelves, thanks to Mr. 

 Edwards, and in this he is ably seconded by Mr. N. F. Warne, one of 

 the members of the Avell-known firm of book-publishers in Russell- 

 street. The present President, Mr. W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S., a first- 

 class all-round naturalist, Avill be best known to our readers by his 

 recent excellent work on British Dragonjiies, whilst Major Ficklin, 

 keen lepidopterist and excellent raconteur, and Mr. W. West, L.D.S., 

 who adds microscopy to his love for entomology, represent the past 

 presidents, having been in office in 1880 and 1884 respectively. Dr. 

 T. A. Chapman needs no introduction to our readers ; an unlimited 

 capacity for hard work, a scientific training that can be attained only 

 by entomologists who follow medicine as a profession, an omnivorous 

 reader, a logical reasoner, and a profound thinker, these are among the 

 factors that have united in placing him in the very first rank of the 

 entomologists of his time, and a giant among the pigmies that sur- 

 round him. His refusal to occupy the presidential chair for the 

 current year was a great disappointment to all the members, but we 

 trust that ere long he will be prevailed upon to add his name to an 

 honourable list. Dr. Fremlin, who has still to make the name in 

 entomology that he has made in bacteriologv, is the prospective Presi- 

 dent for 1901. Mr. A. Cant, F.E.S., the prince of setters, Mr. J. H. 

 Carpenter, F.E.S., keen on the elucidation of all details of the life- 

 histories of our British butterflies, Mr. R. Ficklin, one of the original 

 finders of Dvepana harpayula (fticula) in Leigh Woods, and Mr. W. J. 

 Ashdown, an exceedingly keen coleopterist, Avill also be known to most, 

 and if we have to regret the absence of Messrs. A. Harrison, T. W. 

 Hall, W. West (Greenwich), H. A. Sauze, H. Moore, A. M. Mont- 

 gomery, E. Step, and other active members of the Society from this 

 photograph, we still trust that some future occasion will give us the 

 chance of obtaining another containing at least some of those who 

 liave done so much for the Society. By this means we hope that 

 these entomologists may become something more than names to those 

 who have not yet had the pleasure of attending one of tlio meetings, 

 and thus coming into persona] contact with them. 



